Bishop Francesco Carafa †

Deceased

Bishop of Nardò, Italy

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Aug 1685³		Born
20 Dec 1710	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Apr 1736	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
15 Apr 1736	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nardò, Italy
1 Jul 1754	68.9	Died	Bishop of Nardò, Italy

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Francesco Carafa
Bishop Francesco Carafa
(born 1 Aug 1685, died 1 Jul 1754)
Bishop of Nardò

Event Place
Birth Place Napoli, Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}

a priest for 43.5 years
a bishop for 18.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili †
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Perrimezzi, O.M. †
Titular Archbishop of Bostra
Bishop Luigi Antonio Valdina Cremona †
Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili † (1727)
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Antonio Maria Carafa, C.R. † (1742)
Bishop Giuseppe Francesco Rossi † (1742)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64735494

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 307
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1736, Number 12

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